Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 378.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 363.7

mindat Locality ID: 43569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aikhal Mine (Aikhal Pipe)
Komsomolsky Open-pit Mine (Komsomol'skaya Pipe)
Krasnopresnenskaya Pipe
Ottorzhenets Kimberlite Body
Ozernaya Pipe
Pervomaiskaya Vein
Sytykanskaya Pipe
Yubileyny Open-pit Mine (Yubileinaya Pipe; Jubileinaya; Jubilee)

Latitude: 66°1'55"N
Longitude: 111°31'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.031944444444,111.52527777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCorundumDiamondGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Diamond  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411035283902
Diamond  (*)DiamondC378.9363.78103527,103528,103529,103530,103531,103532,103533,103534697
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61103529944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11035281188
Graphite  (*)NoneC2103530,1035322812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311035335433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411035331507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110353414899
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O62103528,103530229
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211035332273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)33103528,103529,103534341
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O44103530,103532,103533,1035341934



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000487MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, veins and lenses in massif and contact aureole. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline pyroxenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, and fenite; dyke rocks include biotite glimmerite, ijolite (pegmatite), monchiquite and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.
Jen_0000488MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, veins and lenses in massif and contact aureole. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline pyroxenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, and fenite; dyke rocks include biotite glimmerite, ijolite (pegmatite), monchiquite and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000487378.9373.1376±2.9Rb-Sr whole rock, biotite     194700Ozernaya Pipe, Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaOzernaya VarakaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000488374.3363.7369±5.3Rb-Sr whole rock, biotite     194700Ozernaya Pipe, Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaOzernaya VarakaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 


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